Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiac Catheterisation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR823-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
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Lead Radiographer for Cardiac Catheterisation
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Radiographer to lead the Radiology provision of our Cardiac Catheterisation service at Colchester Hospital.
You will work in our combined Interventional Radiology & Cardiac Angiography (IRCA) unit.
The dedicated Cardiac Cath Lab runs Monday - Friday for procedures such as diagnostic coronary angiography and pacemaker implants and liaises closely with other local hospitals for those needing interventional procedures. Our interventional Radiology service provides a 24/7 service for which Colchester is the regional vascular centre, performing procedures including RIGs, portacath insertions, ureteric stents, fibroid and prostate embolisations. We also accept patients from across the region for urgent, life-saving procedures such as EVAR, FEVAR, embolisation, thrombolysis and angioplasty.
This post requires a rotational on call commitment, for which there is a 45-minute call out time, once appropriate training has been provided. There is also an opportunity to rotate into CT.
Main duties of the job
- Accountable for the daily management of the staff workflow adhering to agreed protocols
- Provide significant knowledge and expertise in the clinical field of area
- Lead RPS for the your Imaging modality and keep up to date with IR(ME)R policies cascaded from the IR(ME)R Lead
- Undertake imaging to a high professional standard and ensuring good radiation governance processes are in place to support both
 patients and staff
- Accountable for reviewing your area policies, competency frameworks and staff training in order to support and maintain effective and efficient operation of the department enabling compliance with both national and local access targets
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc In Diagnostic Radiography
- Registered radiographer (Health Care Professions Council)
- Evidence of clinical training and personal motivation is essential
Desirable criteria
- Management Course
- Education at Masters level
- Up to date relevant RPS course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience working in a role with regular rotation though the department
- Current experience of managing a complex area of work and leading a multidisciplinary team.
- Current experience of staff management in MDT working
Desirable criteria
- Experience of accountability for patient flow and access targets.
- Involvement with devising and implementing competency frameworks for staff training
- Experience of investigating DATIX incidents and managing outcomes
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Stiff
- Job title
- X-Ray Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07592 328076
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- 
					
						Colchester General Hospital
 
- Telephone
- 07789651269
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